Boerderij, Reinste Abdenaweg 1

English translation

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Description

Description of complex component 1

Introduction

On a spacious plot of land, an OLDAMBTSTER FARMHOUSE which, as evidenced by the hardstone commemorative stone in the step of the main entrance, was built in 1858 by P.R. Buurma and E.J.A. Land. A second hardstone commemorative stone above the middle barn door in the rear gable bears the following inscription: 'P.R.H. & T.D. 1877'. The farmhouse comprises a residential section from 1858 with characteristics of Eclecticism and Chalet style and a purposefully designed barn section from 1877; the whole is covered by a hipped roof covered on three sides with tiles with a half-hipped roof on the rear side. The interior was adapted to contemporary taste at the beginning of the 20th century, as evidenced by, among other things, the presence of Art Nouveau and Art Deco motifs.

Internally, several elements can still be found indicating that the farmhouse is (partially) constructed on the foundations of an older 18th-century predecessor, such as the basement floors laid with tiles and partially tiled walls.

Description

The entirely cellared, two-storey FRONT HOUSE is covered by a gabled roof of dark blue glazed Dutch tiles with a chimney on the ridge. Along the eaves, which are supported by decorated cast-iron brackets, runs a wooden decorative moulding with grape-bunch motifs. The gables have block-rendered finish; the ashlar course with drip moulding at the top is likewise rendered.

The west gable has three basement windows, three windows on the ground floor, two small attic windows and a larger attic window with opening doors. The east gable has three basement windows, three windows on the ground floor and three small attic windows. The front gable has, on either side of the central risalit, two windows on the ground floor and two large attic windows with renewed frames. All windows of the front house are topped with an ornamental rendered segmental arch. The sash windows on the ground floor on the west and front gable have wooden blinds, decorated with bee motifs. The front gable has a classical, symmetrical composition with a central risalit in which the main entrance with three-stepped hardstone step is located. The wooden front door consists of two panel doors with glass in the upper parts, outside of which wrought iron with Art Nouveau motifs is fitted. Above the door a semicircular fanlight with coloured stained glass; around the door and fanlight a surround; on either side of this pilasters with composite capitals. Above the door surround a rectangular wooden balcony with wrought iron railings supported by ornamental wooden consoles. The balcony window with double doors and semicircular fanlight has a surround with Corinthian pilasters and a cornice of plasterwork. Above the balcony window a surrounded wall stone, depicting a farm wagon with driver and the hindquarters of a horse, a plough and a beehive as metaphors for prosperity and industry.

The BARN SECTION, which is separated at floor level from the residential section by iron fire doors, is entirely built in red Groninger moulded brick. By means of two offsets on the west gable and one on the east gable, the barn section tapers towards the front house. It is covered by a gabled roof with a half-hipped roof of orange Dutch tiles on the rear side; at the height of the second offset on the west gable two built-in chimneys; at the corner ridge a wooden roof lantern. In the west gable, in the second offset, the second entrance with a wooden panel door, the two upper parts of which are glass with decorated cast-iron grilles in front. On either side of the front door two six-pane windows; to the right of the front door a smaller window. On the corner with the front house a veranda with a double door and a curved canopy. In the first offset the service entrance, a wooden door and three six-pane windows as well as a water pump. The west gable is finished at the height of the second offset with a wooden moulding and a guttering; the rest of the gable has only guttering. Along the east gable an iron gutter. In the offset of the east gable an affixed double barn door. The rear gable is finished with a cornice; along the sloping gable sections wickerwork. In the rear gable three affixed double barn doors. The middle and smallest barn door is finished with a basket arch with the aforesaid wall stone as a keystone. The right barn door has a rectangular fanlight with glazing bars and above it a low course of stretchers. The left and largest barn door has a curved lintel. Between the barn doors a small segmental arch window with cast-iron glazing bars; above the barn doors three identical windows. To the right of the right barn doors a small rectangular window.

The INTERIOR of both front house and barn section is very well preserved as regards layout and use of materials. The FRONT HOUSE has in the middle a passage with two rooms on either side. Between the rooms there is a wall of closets with a passage. All rooms have sash windows with blinds and ornamental wooden window sills. The cellared front house has a wooden floor. The passage has rendered walls and red marbled dado that is finished with a moulding with painted decorative border in Art Nouveau style. On either side two panel doors each with a surround and in the centre above a cartouche with two cooing doves. Around the cartouche and surround a painted decorative border with Art Nouveau motifs. At the end of the main passage a double wooden door with surround and in the upper part glass that is painted with Art Nouveau motifs. The walls are finished with a cornice. Plasterwork ceiling with eclectic decoration.

The front room on the east side, formerly presumably the best room, has on the north side a wall of closets with five closets and a bed alcove. On the walls the original wallpaper remains. Against the east gable a polished grey-marble mantelpiece in Art Deco style with a wrought-iron anthracite stove also in Art Deco style. Above this a mirror set in carved wood depicting playing children; above it a painting with yellow roses. The ceiling has eclectic stucco work with a painted decorative border in Art Nouveau style.

The walls of the front room on the west side, formerly presumably the dining room, have original wallpaper. On the west gable a polished black-marble mantelpiece in eclectic style. Above the mantelpiece a mirror with above it a painting with two parakeets and red roses; the whole framed by carved wood and finished with a decorated cornice.

In the back room on the west side a bed alcove with surround of carved wood in Art Nouveau style. Ceiling painted with Art Nouveau motifs. In the back room on the east side a wall of closets with two bed alcoves and two closets; original wallpaper; ceiling with Art Nouveau paintings.

The cellar beneath the entire front house retains its original layout with storage places for fruit and potatoes, a fly cupboard and a dairy cellar. Floor of (older) red glazed square tiles; older beam ceiling; 18th-century blue and white tilework and white-rendered walls; blue-painted woodwork. In the east and west gables two windows.

On the attic a partitioned guest bedroom with two bed alcoves with surrounds of carved wood, accessible from the cross passage by means of a very narrow elaborately worked cast-iron spiral staircase.

The BARN SECTION retains its original layout, consisting of a residential section for daily use, a byre for cattle and small livestock, a horse stable and a section with storage space and threshing floor. The roof of the barn section rests on wooden trusses; wooden collar-tie roof truss. In the front section on the west side there are in succession still a living room, toilet, bedroom, kitchen, scullery and a passage from the main passage to the second entrance which opens onto the rooms.

The passage is laid with black and white tiles; the walls are white-rendered with grey-marbled dado; all passage doors are panel doors. In the living room on the north side a wall of closets with two bed alcoves and a closet; original wallpaper; the door to the second passage has in the upper part glass painted with Art Nouveau motifs; ceiling with boarded beam layers with rosettes of stucco work between them; against the west gable a mantelpiece of polished black-veined marble with above it a mirror set in carved wood and surround of plasterwork with on either side a pilaster and at the top a decorated cornice. The layout of the kitchen is still the original with a range and copper water pump; ceiling with boarded beam layer; floor of black and white tiles.

On the west side the byre for cattle and small livestock with the original layout still intact with wooden stalls for cattle and horses; the collar-tie roof truss rests partly on the posts of the stalls. In the middle of the rear barn section lies the stable for draught horses with the original wooden stalls still intact.

Valuation

Oldambtster farmhouse with original layout of residential and barn sections of general cultural and architectural historical significance:

- by reason of age;

- by reason of building history;

- as an example of the development of the Oldambtster farmhouse type in the Oldambt in the period 1850-1940;

- by reason of architectural design, use of materials and ornamentation;

- by reason of the special coherence between exterior and interior;

- by reason of the very high degree of preservation of exterior and interior and the very valuable interior components;

- by reason of the functional relationship with the other protected components of the complex.